whig

== English == === Pronunciation === enPR: hwĭg, IPA(key): /ʍɪɡ/ Rhymes: -ɪɡ Homophones: Whig; wig (wine–whine merger) === Etymology 1 === Probably from Middle English wheyȝe, weyȝe, wege, variant of whey. More at whey. ==== Noun ==== whig (plural whigs) (UK, dialect, obsolete) Acidulated whey, sometimes mixed with buttermilk and sweet herbs, used as a cooling beverage. Buttermilk. === Etymology 2 === Compare frig, jig ==== Verb ==== whig (third-person singular simple present whigs, present participle whigging, simple past and past participle whigged) (transitive) To urge forward; drive briskly. (intransitive) To jog along; move or work briskly. (transitive) To weird out or disturb someone. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from English whig. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /wiɡ/ === Noun === whig m (plural whigs) Whig === Further reading === “whig”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English whig. === Adjective === whig (invariable) (relational) Whig === Noun === whig m (invariable) Whig == Romanian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English Whig. === Noun === whig m (uncountable) Whig ==== Declension ====